Match reaction vs West brom

[Syn]

It would kill the journalist development programme

There would still be shedloads of controversy and talking points. It would even create some. If we had some challenger system like in Tennis and Cricket, the captain of the team isn't just some token figurehead but would actually have a responsibility to judge when or when not to 'challenge' a decision. Each team gets only 1 a match (so they wouldn't use it on trivial decisions and save it up incase they get fucked over).

Football really needs it.

[Injury Time]

There would still be shedloads of controversy and talking points. It would even create some. If we had some challenger system like in Tennis and Cricket, the captain of the team isn't just some token figurehead but would actually have a responsibility to judge when or when not to 'challenge' a decision. Each team gets only 1 a match (so they wouldn't use it on trivial decisions and save it up incase they get fucked over).

Football really needs it.

Think you've been hanging around with Stuart Hall too much tbh, "The ref has stopped play...WOOOOO HAAAAHAHA ARSENAL HAVE PLAYED THEIR JOKER.....oh hold on no it's just Gerv coming off the bench HAAAAAAHA!"

[Kano]

Think you've been hanging around with Stuart Hall too much tbh, "The ref has stopped play...WOOOOO HAAAAHAHA ARSENAL HAVE PLAYED THEIR JOKER.....oh hold on no it's just Gerv coming off the bench HAAAAAAHA!"

well if he ever makes it back, he won't be watching the under 16s anymore.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

exactly, all those calls for corners and throw-ins that aren't genuine affect the flow of the game and as we've seen, lead to goals too. football finds it hard to evolve and because it feels this loyalty to tradition - which is a good thing at times - it holds back crucial developments. the racism thing and the behind closed door attitudes of it all are another example of that. at some point technology will come in and eventually be used bigtime but when that is, god knows.

Technology coming in will take some tradition away from the game. We all love a good moan about why we did not get that decsion or laugh at rivals for not getting that decsion/s. Alot what we love from the game, will go.

Though i think goal line technology needs to come in.

[Injury Time]

Think you've been hanging around with Stuart Hall too much tbh, "The ref has stopped play...WOOOOO HAAAAHAHA ARSENAL HAVE PLAYED THEIR JOKER.....oh hold on no it's just Gerv coming off the bench HAAAAAAHA!"

well if he ever makes it back, he won't be watching the under 16s anymore.

<rimshot

[Kano]

Technology coming in will take some tradition away from the game. We all love a good moan about why we did not get that decsion or laugh at rivals for not getting that decsion/s. Alot what we love from the game, will go.

Though i think goal line technology needs to come in.

it will do, which is why the resistance to it remains. although it does seem a bit silly compared to similar sports like tennis and cricket, both of which are as traditional games. it just seems inevitable that at some point it will have to take place, although that may not come until this generation move into the big roles across the associations and the old guard are long gone. those used to watching sport full of tech will probably make it one of their first moves to change in the game.

[Marc Overmars]

You can't do anything about diving or gamesmanship, only a change of mentality from players will stop it and that's not going to happen. Every incident is subjective and they know the minute they ban anyone for it it's going to open a huge can of worms, why else was Eduardo's ban lifted on appeal? At best all refs can do is book players for it and we're seeing a increased number of yellows now for diving.

Goal line technology is on the way though and it's long overdue. There are no greys area here, if the ball crosses the line it's a goal and needs to be given.

[Japan Shaking All Over]

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